Endpoint Access Manager™
Features & Benefits
Intelligent and Granular Policies
Endpoint Access Manager allows you to authorize specific devices,
media and interfaces for specific PCs and users leveraging directory
services. The policies are communicated to the endpoints in real-time
and immediately enforced by the Endpoint Agents. Administrators can
grant temporary permissions to on-line and mobile users.
Intelligent Distribution
Endpoint Agents are distributed and installed seamlessly and
efficiently across your network. The Agents can also be distributed
by common enterprise software distribution tools like Microsoft System
Management Server.
Hot-Plug Support
Endpoint Agents monitor Plug-and-Play device drivers that are
installed at the endpoint. Based on the policy of that endpoint,
the Agent will report the newly installed device to the Management
Server and enforce the appropriate access permissions to it.
Mobile Users Support
Mobile user endpoints are monitored and protected. The Endpoint
Agent continues to enforce the policy even when the endpoint is not
connected to the network. It may apply different access permissions
to interfaces (like WiFi) when the endpoint is off the network.
Security administrators can temporarily grant mobile users access
to a required removable device.
Real-Time Notifications and Auditing
All I/O activities of the managed endpoints are notified in
realtime to the Management Server and logged in a database. The
events are displayed on the Management Console and communicated
to security administrators in a variety of formats such as popup
messages and email. The events are also made available to enterprise
management systems in SNMP traps.
Advanced Security Agent
The Endpoint Agent is protected from attacks by processes,
drivers, services and malicious code on your endpoint. It cannot
be bypassed even by users who have administrative privileges to
their endpoints.
LiveUpdate Mechanism
The LiveUpdate function controls the software version of the
Endpoint Agents. It automatically deploys updates when necessary,
minimizing the administrative overhead.
Directory Integration
Endpoint Access Manager is well integrated with enterprise
directory infrastructure such as Microsoft Active Directory and
Novell eDirectory. This enables administrators to leverage the
existing organizational logical layout of objects and groups.
It also allows dynamic discovery of new objects added to the network,
and optionally installing an agent on any new endpoint.
Enterprise Management Systems Integration
Endpoint Access Manager is well integrated with enterprise
management systems such as CA Unicenter, CA eTrust and HP OpenView.
This enables administrators to leverage existing management infrastructure
and consolidate endpoint security events in unified logs and existing
management consoles.
Comprehensive Reporter
Endpoint Access Manager records all endpoint I/O events in an SQL
database. A flexible and intuitive reporting module allows administrators
to submit customized queries and generate comprehensive reports on endpoint
and end user activities.
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